The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-21
CLOTHES BY THE HOUR.
4 New Industry which is Patronized 10y
the ChapPies.
PhiIadelphia Times

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All. Chap, Is that one of Fwank's:'
said one of those beings that give strong
reason to believe in the Darwinian
theory yesterday afternoon. ON Chest
nut street. The object addressed was
| quite as nice an IF as the one that
| spoke, and the cause of the remark was
one of those coats intended for the spring
trade but cut short in its growth by the
continued cold weather.
''Iahs, deah boy. We. see, it's bloom
ing cold ter-day an | made a date with
a fairy to walk ter-day, an | had To- do it
me boy.
How hawd did he stwike We. chap
pie:''
Seventeen cents till O'Clock an
five cents an howah aftah, but | must he
back, We know, an the posey costs two
cents an howah an l could only bowwah
a quartah fwom my little sistah." Then
they parted. At O'Clock ''Chappie
was seen coming down the street. He
turned off Chestnut street at Twelfth and
went IA few doors, rang a bell and entered
a house. The stroller followed it. In
nicely furnished back room was seated
Il well-dressed youth about twenty-seven
years of age. He turned out to be-
''Fwank. All around the room Were
hung garments of all shades and kinds,
but all We're of the latest English cut.
Here ''Chappie" carefully took off the
coat. after removing the rose that nestled
in the upper buttonhoie. The bill was
twenty-three cents.
What calm | do flaw We, Chappie:"
was 'Fwank's salutation as soon "a the
wind had opened the door and cleared
the room.
Well, this 'chappie doesn't want any
thing, except to know a little hit about
this ministry nf N here iD
get these clothes hanging around here,
and is your business tlouri.hinS sue
cess:
At first there was an apparent indispo-
sition To answer. but it didn't take long
to make upthe little mind possessed and a
few startling facts We're developed. The
details will not. however. be- told In the
silly lingo of the informer.
The establishment has been in exist
ence nearly two years and has been
growing rapidly ever since its organiza-
ton. The proprietor buys all kinds of
fashionable clothing from slender dudes
whose fathers give them plenty. When
they get hard up they go to ''Fwank :.
and there they receive a very fair price
for their clothing.
The cheap dude. that stands on Chest
nut street curbstones and meanders dole
fully up and down, wondering all day
when something is going to happen to
make it rich. 80 it can enjoy life like
other ''chaps, or waiting for someheiress
to fall in love with its shape, is the one
that enriches ''Fwank" This branch of
the genus dudii" seldom has more than
a dollar at one time. but it must make
an appearance. SO it goes to ''Fwank,
and there it can get one of those dickey
top" coats for ten cents the first hour
and five cents an hour after. On Satur
days and Sundays the price is raised fifty
per cent Dress suits are hired in the
evenings for forty cents. Ii often makes
them go broke for a week on these occa-
sions. Trousers can be hired for from
five To eight cents an hour. No security
is required. On saturdays ''Fwank'
buys a job lot stock of flowers and hires
them out in lots ranging from two to
five cents an hour.